Bøker av G. Edward (Professor of Law White

In Law in American History, Volume III: 1930-2000, G. Edward White argues that the modern era of constitutional law began in the 1930s and demonstrates how we are still living with changes in foreign policy, executive power, criminal procedure, and the rights of speech, sexuality, and voting, among other areas.

G. Edward White presents Law in American History, a two-volume, comprehensive narrative history of American law from the colonial period to the present.

G. Edward White, a leading legal historian, presents Law in American History, a two-volume, comprehensive narrative history of American law from the colonial period to the present. In this first volume, White explores the key turning points in roughly the first half of the American legal system, from the development of order in the colonies, to the signing of the Constitution, to the dissolution of the Union just before the Civil War. Thought-provoking andartfully written, Law in American History, Vol. 1 is an essential text for both students of law and general readers alike.